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HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

BILLS TO PROVIDE INSURANCE AGAINST NATURAL AND
MANMADE DISASTERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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PART 1

OCTOBER 31 AND NOVEMBER 1, 1955-WASHINGTON, D. C.

NOVEMBER 3, 1955-NEW YORK, N. Y.

NOVEMBER 4, 1955-GOSHEN, N. Y.

NOVEMBER 9, 1955-BOSTON, MASS.

NOVEMBER 10, 1955-PROVIDENCE, R. I.
NOVEMBER 14, 1955-HARTFORD, CONN.

DECEMBER 19, 1955-RALEIGH, N. C.

Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking and Currency

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1956

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Cole, James E., mayor, Port Jervis, N. Y..

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Coleman, Kevin K., mayor, Woonsocket, R. I., and William S.
Farrell, executive director, Industrial Development Foundation of
Greater Woonsocket.

603

Condon, Maj. Gen. Robert, director of civil defense, and chairman of
Metropolitan Area Defense Planning Board, New York City.
Cooley, Harold D., a Representative in Congress from the State of
North Carolina__

286

827

Cretella, Albert W., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Connecticut___

745

Crystal, Frank, New York, N. Y.

254, 276

Cully, Joseph, president, Staten Island Flood Control Association _ _
Curtis, Lawrence, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Massachusetts.

315

506

Daley, Fred, president, Torrington Flood Control Association_
Davenport, Edward, town of Rochester, N. Y
Dawes, S. Watson, Ocean Drive Beach, S. C..

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384

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Demerest, William M., member, Board of Supervisors, town of
Chester, Orange County, N. Y..

404

Statement of-Continued

Dodd, Thomas J., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Connecticut__

Driscoll, John J., secretary-treasurer, Connecticut CIO council; ac-
companied by Fred Racine, Danielson, Conn., and Michael
Zmuda, president, Auto Workers Union Local, Seymour, Conn....

Duffy, John J., Rosendale, N. Y..

Ervin, Sam J., Jr., a United States Senator from the State of North

Carolina

Falcey, William H., civil defense director, Mercer County, N. J..

Farrell, John H., executive secretary, Southeastern North Carolina
Beach Association.

Farrell, William S., executive director, Industrial Development Foun-

dation of Greater Woonsocket, R. I.

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732

789

880

Fogarty, John E., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Rhode Island_

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Gary, John, Ellenville, N. Y

Gesaldo, Frank, alderman, Middletown, N. Y.
Glusker, Eugene, mayor, Ellenville, N. Y.

Gold, Charles, commissioner of insurance, State of North Carolina..
Goodman, Tom, Regional Director, Federal Civil Defense Adminis-
tration

387

345

387

831

855

Grace, Dorice S., assistant attorney general, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.

542

Gurda, Michael A., Black Dirt Emergency Committee, Orange
County, N. Y........

367

Hammond, Maynard, member, Board of Supervisors of Deer Park,
N. Y....

347

Harriman, Averell, Governor, State of New York

Herd, J. Victor, president, American Insurance Association.
Herter, Christian A., Governor, accompanied by Richard Preston,
commissioner, Department of Commerce, State of Massachusetts..
Hodges, Luther H., Governor, State of North Carolina..
Holz, Leffert, superintendent of insurance, State of New York.
Honig, Leo, Anglo Fabrics, Webster, Mass..

Harris Seymour E., chairman, New England Governors' Textile
Committee, and chairman, economics department, Howard Uni-
versity

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429

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318

Hunt, Jarvis, general counsel, Associated Industries of Massachu-
setts..

535

Hussey, W. H., Ocean Drive Beach, S. C..........

869

Jones, Christopher H., Black Dirt Emergency Committee, Orange
County, N. Y.

367

Jones, Roger W., Assistant Director of the Bureau of the Budget for
Legislative Reference.

30, 57

Kaiser, Charles F., Ellemville, N. Y.

387

Kelly, Ambrose B., general counsel, Associated Factory Mutual Co..
Kennedy, John F., a United States Senator from the State of Massa-
chusetts..

632

414

Statement of-Continued

Latini, Peter, alderman, Port Jervis, N. Y.
Le Mon, F. É., Warwick Township, N. Y.

Macdonald, Torbert H., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Massachusetts__

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Murray, Hugh H., Jr., for the National Association of Mutual Insur-
ance agents__

895

Noonan, Joseph D., on behalf of Smaller Business Association of New
England, Inc..

554

Olmstead, Orvil R., assistant Commissioner for Programs, Public
Housing Administration__

O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Massachusetts.

O'Reilley, Edmund J., president, Rosendale, N. Y., Flood Committee__

Pahucki, Barney J., Black Dirt Emergency Committee, Orange

County, N. Y.

Parsells, Norman King, majority leader, House of Representatives,
Connecticut General Assembly.

Patterson, James T., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Connecticut_.

177

764

747

Payne, Frederick G., a United States Senator from the State of Maine.
Penny, Earl F., president, North Carolina Association of Mutual
Insurance Agents_--

195

857

Reid, Robert Newton, Vice President and General Counsel, Federal
National Mortgage Association...

179

Reynolds, Walter H., Mayor, Providence, R. I..

600

Ribicoff, Abraham A., Governor, State of Connecticut

656

Roberts, Dennis J., Governor, State of Rhode Island..

584

Rogers, Edith Nourse, a Representative in Congress from the State
of Massachusetts..

437

Sadlak, Antoni N., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Connecticut_.

730

Schoonmaker, John S., town of Rochester, N. Y.

384

Scott, Kenneth L., Director, Agricultural Credit Services, accompanied
by Carl Fretts, Deputy Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corpora-
tion, Department of Agriculture..

226

Seely-Brown, Horace, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the
State of Connecticut...

744

Segal, Robert, counsel, Massachusetts Federation of Labor...

551

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